1. The most alarming thing I learned about fats is what happens to vegetable oils in high-heat fryers and how much we are consuming this super-sticky, hardened sludge these days! You’ll have to read the book to get the whole picture, but if industrial cleansers are having a hard time removing this fat from every surface in a fast-food kitchen, what is it doing to the INSIDE of YOUR BODY when you eat this fat from the fryer?

2. Saturated fats were the healthiest alternative for food preparation in restaurants and food processing plants, but because of the ongoing stigma of saturated fats in the diet, we are continually being supplied with foods filled with continuously worse types of fat in our food supply. Fats that our bodies don’t recognize as food, can’t be used by our bodies and also block the absorption of the healthy fat that every single cell in our bodies needs.

3. Cottonseed oil is commonly used in big food manufacturing and industrial kitchens. We aren’t supposed to eat cotton, we are supposed to wear it! There are so many oils that we use in our cooking today that are not meant to be heated or consumed. The processing of these oils with high heat, bleaching, and heavy forms of extraction makes them completely rancid and therefore inflammatory. Then the storage in clear, plastic bottles exposes these delicate fats to light ruins them even further.

I learned a lot of alarming information in this book about the stigma of dietary fat – all based on lies. I appreciate the amount of research and time that the author took to review the data and interview experts on both sides of the fence to give us this fairly complete picture of how fat became a scapegoat villain in the health industry.

We still see a lot of this today even with the health benefits of fat being gradually leaked out to the general public. Most people identify with particular diets as if they are a religious cult or political party. I find it crazy how people attack each other’s way of eating purely because they eat differently.

Unfortunately, we are paying for opinions that were more important than solid research and open-mindedness when results don’t match the hypothesis. I must admit I feel a bit defeated by the state of our health and how we are going to ever be able to dig out of this hole that “experts” and politicians have put us in. I have heard much of this information before since I’ve listened to hundreds of podcasts over the last 10 years or so about the low-carb lifestyle and nutritional healing where several of the same experts referenced in this book were interviewed. The truth about our food supply and its many problems is what originally led me to search for a career in nutrition!

Finally, there are a lot of things that can go wrong with a research study. I never realized how difficult it is to study the impact of dietary changes on a large number of people. Unlike rats and other laboratory animals, it’s virtually impossible to control a human’s diet in the same way. This really comes full circle into the importance of bio-individuality. We need to pay attention to our body and how it reacts to various exposures including food, environment, and even mental stressors.

Have you read this book? I would love to know what you thought of it as well!